Hi Shirley I have found them to be generally reliable. I would not use them instead of the actual church books but as a guide they can be useful. In some cases Cramer's transcriptions of the church books are all that is available through the LDS films. I believe he did the transcriptions in the late 1940's and had access to the actual books, including some books that were not filmed. Bruce sjhulett@juno.com wrote: > Hi > The Family History library Catalog includes church record extractions by Max Cramer. Would appreciate advice from any who have used these sources. Do they reliably point the way to actual church entries? --ie would they provide a short cut to ordering numerous records that may or may not include my ancestors. Advice please. Researching JOST/YOST family of Urach, Wurttemberg & BRÄUNDEL, BRAEUNDEL family of Uppergruppenbach (Branches of the Braeundel family also settled in Russia) > Shirley HAAS Hulett > San Diego > > ____________________________________________________________ > Click here for great quotes from top international movers! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/PnY6rbvXqp0bEzQ3UxMzkhcMLC7D9e2lY9hcv8OdU0kBSpfHH55MA/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >